Vest



Nov. 16, 1937. L. R. ENGELsoN VEST Filed June 1 1936 WITNESS.'

ATTORNEYS.

APatented Nov. 1e, 1937 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparel and more particularly it pertains to vests, waistcoats and similar mens garments.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a garment of the afore-mentioned type whichmay be adjusted to any size by the wearer, thus insuring perfect fitting of the garment under all wearing conditions.

10 Such a garment also has advantages from a merchandizing point of view in that it permits of a merchant carrying a large variety of patterns without unduly burdening his stock as would necessarily result if the same number of patterns 15 were carried in the wide range of sizes necessary to provide a complete stock of sizes within the range.

With the above and other objects in View, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, wherein, Y

2o Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vest constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation thereof,

25 Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan View partly in section,

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 2, and;

Figure 5 is a detail plan view of the neck strap,

30 the `intermediate portion thereof being broken away.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the garment comprises two body sections III. Ihese body sections I are preferably of similar construction and each has a lapel II associated therewith, the lapel in each case overlying a portion of its respective body section to provide a space I2 between the outer face of the body section and the under or inner face of its respective 40 lapel.

The body sections I0 are separate from each other, there being no back or side sections such as generallyremployed in garments of this type. The body sections are, however, adapted to be 45 secured together to form a garment and this phase of the invention will now be described.

It willbe noted from the drawing that each body section and its associated lapel terminates at its upper end in a relatively narrow shoulder 50 portion I3. To form a garment suitable for wear, the body sections are connected together at their upper ends by a collar strap I4 which is adjustably connected to the relatively narrow shoulder portion of each body section.

55 Means is employed to provide an adjustable connection between the neck strap and the body sections, and this means preferably consists of buttons I5.

In the present embodiment of the invention there is one of these buttons I secured as at I6 5 to each of the body sections I0 and in each instance, the button I5 passes through a buttonhole in the lapel of its respective body section I0. This construction, in ad-dition to providing means for attachment of the collar strap I4 serves to 10 cause the lapels to lie flat upon the body sections at the upper ends thereof.

As illustrated, the collar strap is provided near each of its ends with a series of openings in the form of button holes, and these openings are adapted to receive their respective button I5 when the body sections are secured together to form the garment.

In securing the body sections together to form a garment, the lapels are disconnected with their respective buttons I5 thereby to provide ready access to the space I2 between each body section I 0 and its respective lapel II. The collar strap is now attached by engaging the proper buttonholes over their respective proper buttons to provide a garment of the desired size. After the collar strap has been thus attached, the buttonholes Il of the lapels are engaged with their respective buttons and the garment is ready for wear. In order to provide a more perfect fit, a conventional adjustable waist strap 2l] may be employed.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a new and improved garment which is so constructed that it may be adjusted to various sizes and lengths and that such result may be accomplished in a simple and easy manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

A vest comprising two separate body sections,

a lapel carried by each of said body sections, each of said lapels overlying a portion of its respective body section, a fastening element carried by each of said body sections, the fastening element carried by each of said body sections passing through an opening in the lapel carried thereby, and a removable neck strap for connecting said body sections together, said neck strap having a plurality of openings near each end thereof for engagement with the afore-mentioned fastening elements carried by the body sections with the ends of the neck strap lying between their respective body section and lapel.

LARRY R. ENGELSON. 

